The Cal Poly College of Engineering (CENG) is launching a task force to elevate the computer engineering (CPE) program to department status.
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Hacking crimes continue to rise. Here’s what to look out for
Cal Poly Chief Information Officer Bill Britton estimates the last year brought about a 700 percent increase in phishing attacks on the community.
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Cal Poly professors can choose between PolyLearn and Canvas starting Winter 2020
The cloud-based system Canvas is set to fully replace Moodle — the system that powers PolyLearn — by Fall 2020.
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California launches peer-run mental health warm line
Mental Health America estimates that roughly 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental health challenges on a daily basis. Since 2013, rates of “severe youth depression” have increased by more than two percent. But as cases of mental illnesses rise, so do new ideas to help. Everyone has heard about mental health […]
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Cal Poly awarded $340,000 grant to research satellite solutions
Students and faculty will work with the local California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI) and Cal Poly’s Digital Transformation Hub to develop solutions for issues regarding space satellites.
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Agribusiness professor receives $200,000 grant to develop food safety training program
The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) was awarded a food safety outreach grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to keep local farmers up to date on food safety.
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Cal Poly says Beta Theta Pi leaders not aware of waterboarding, incident not considered hazing
Cal Poly confirmed that a video shot in September 2018 showing a student being waterboarded at a Beta Theta Pi satellite house does not depict hazing, according to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier. Fraternity recruits were not involved, Lazier said, and the event shown did not take place at a registered fraternity gathering. The incident took […]
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Cal Poly professor develops tool that protects plants from catching fire
Cal Poly adjunct professor Jesse Acosta has taken part in developing a new form of fire prevention. The product, called Fortify, is made up of a gel-like substance commonly used in medicine to ferry drugs into the body. The gel is mixed with standard fire retardant, and is sprayed onto high-risk areas to create a […]
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Cal Poly student helping develop tech to combat human trafficking in SLO
Computer science senior Zahnae Aquino is working closely with the California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI) to develop immersive training for law enforcement.
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Cal Poly staffer returns to campus following near-death crash last year
On Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, Cross Cultural Centers coordinator Lilianne Tang was severely injured in a car crash that nearly killed her. While crossing the street in downtown San Luis Obispo, Tang was suddenly struck by a speeding car and forced underneath the vehicle. “I couldn’t breathe and was tasting blood,” Tang said of the […]
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Cal Poly students join global call to combat climate change, on-campus strike
Students, faculty and San Luis Obispo residents gathered on Cal Poly’s Dexter Lawn on Friday, Sept. 20 as part of a global initiative to fight climate change. The demonstration, organized locally by Sunrise Movement Central Coast and San Luis Obispo County Youth for Environmental Action, took place in tandem with the international Global Climate Strike. […]